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No problem. I know I pimp it a lot here but Colorado K5 - Full-Size Chevy K5 Blazer 4x4 Restoration and Off Road Community is a great site for modifying these GM fullsize trucks. Whatever you want to do someone has done it and/or knows about it.

Ah, gotcha. The 16.5" is just a dying breed anymore. I'd definitely recommend a different size wheel when you do figure out what you want to do.

Honestly, unless you're wheeling hard...you shouldn't need a front traction adder. Some good 35" muds and a rear locker (throw a Detroit in there while rebuilding the rear) and you should be able to get anywhere that isn't true, hard wheeling. You might consider 16" or 17" wheels though...

Well, realize adding a limited slip or locker to the front will change handling if you have to drive in 4x4 on the roads. Being in PA I know you get snow. The BEST option would be a selectable locker like an ARB...but they're expensive. What are you running for tires? Rear end locked?

Why do you want a limited slip or locker in the front?

I think you mean spool but yes, a limited slip will act just like a locked locker or spool on slick surfaces. They only have better manners on dry(ish) surfaces and frankly, lockers aren't all that bad (in the rear). For a DD I wouldn't do anything to the front if you were planning on...

Never found them terrible on the road. Had them in two trucks now over several Northern Michigan winters and I had no issues. Drive sane and it's alright. Never liked the compromises a limited slip made you take. Not to mention a limited slip will send you spinning in truly slick stuff just...

In the front it is an open diff so only one tire will spin if you are really stuck. That's normal. It'd the tire with no traction. In the rear if the Grenade Lock is working properly what should happen is one tire spins for a little bit and then at a certain (hopefully low) speed the "locker"...

Good point, I didn't notice the locked out part. Only the rear on a stock M1009 has a Grenade Lock in it.

Hey, Traverse City... When you say they weren't spinning equally do you mean front vs rear or side to side?